The study of the influence of process parameters on the roughness of the cut for flame laser cutting of stainless steel

Thesis presents a study of the influence of process parameters on the roughness of the cut surface. The test material is 1.4301, namely austenitic stainless steel. When a parameter is the surface roughness not change too much. In some samples there were defects in the form of cutting burrs. The graphs below show the estimated minimum change one parameter (the lowest point of the curve). As the most important parameter from a technological point of view, cutting speed, constitutes a major cost item compared to the auxiliary gas and power. For samples with a thickness of 2 mm and 3 mm has been achieved good results with decrease in the cutting rate of 30% percent, although when cutting the samples with a default rate was almost identical results. For samples with a thickness of 3 mm the best results were achieved by increasing the speed by 30 %, decrease the rate should be compared with the economy of the process to reduce surface roughness. For changes in the gas pressure was achieved the best values at a pressure increase of 30 %. When you change the performance of the best results are achieved by setting 100–90 % capacity